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e county was of 54 988 and the median income for a family was of 67 149 in the same period the per capita income decreased from 44 472 to 31 579 especially for women about 7 80 of the population was below the federal poverty line a county courthouse was built in 1915 space for county government in the building grew increasingly inadequate in the 1960s and another courthouse was built in 1970 9 21st century edit in august 2014 the county population surpassed 1 000 000 people 10 in november 2017 the commissioners of wake and harnett counties discussed the possibility of redrawing the line between the counties using the latest technology this boundary change would affect about 130 properties with 27 having houses on them meaning they would end up in a different county or divided between two 11 an agreement was reached regarding the adjustment of the wake chatham and harnett county lines in may 2018 12 13 geography edit interactive map of wake county neuse river according to the u s census bureau the county has a total area of 857 02 square miles 2 219 7 km 2 of which 834 59 square miles 2 161 6 km 2 is land and 22 43 square miles 58 1 km 2 2 62 is water 14 wake county is located in the northeast central region of north carolina where the north american piedmont and atlantic coastal plain regions meet this area is known as the fall line because it marks the elevation inland at which waterfalls begin to appear in creeks and rivers as a result most of wake county features gently rolling hills that slope eastward toward the state s flat coastal plain its central piedmont location situates the county about three hours west of atlantic beach by car and four hours east of the great smoky mountains bodies of water that are located in wake county include crabtree creek walnut creek the neuse river lake crabtree lake johnson lake raleigh lake wheeler lake benson harris lake and portions of falls lake and jordan lake climate edit wake county enjoys a moderate subtropical climate with moderate temperatures in the spring fall and winter summers are typically hot with high humidity winter highs generally range in the low 50s f 10 to 13 c with lows in the low to mid 30s f 2 to 2 c although an occasional 60 f 16 c or warmer winter day is not uncommon spring and fall days usually reach the low to mid 70s f low 20s c with lows at night in the lower 50s f 10 to 14 c summer daytime highs often reach the upper 80s to low 90s f 29 to 35 c the rainiest months are july and august the county at the national weather service in raleigh receives on average 7 inches 180 mm of snow in the winter freezing rain and sleet occur most winters and occasionally the area experiences a major damaging ice storm 15 state and local protected areas sites edit see also category protected areas of wake county north carolina annie louise wilkerson md nature preserve park 16 blue jay point county park 17 butner falls of neuse game land part 18 carl alwin schenck memorial forest 19 carroll howard johnson environmental park 20 clemmons educational state forest part falls lake state recreation area part forest ridge park 21 harris lake county park 22 harris game land part 18 hemlock bluffs nature preserve hilltop needmore town park preserve 23 jc raulston arboretum jordan game land part 18 lake crabtree county park mitchell mill state natural area north carolina executive mansion historic site north carolina museum of history north carolina state capitol historic site prairie ridge ecostation robertson millpond preserve 24 sandy pines preserve 25 turnipseed nature preserve 26 william b umstead state park major water bodies edit see also category rivers of wake county north carolina b everett jordan lake beaver dam lake 27 brier creek reservoir crabtree creek house creek lake benson 28 lake betz 29 lake crabtree lake johnson 30 lake wheeler 31 little river neuse river shearon harris reservoir 32 stirrup iron creek adjacent counties edit granville county north franklin county northeast nash county east johnston county southeast harnett county southwest chatham county west durham county northwest parks and recreation edit falls lake state recreation area jordan lake state recreation area state parks edit wake county is home to three state parks falls lake state recreation area jordan lake state recreation area and william b umstead state park falls lake park is located in northern wake county and contains the 12 000 acre 49 km 2 falls lake and 26 000 acres 110 km 2 of woodlands 33 umstead park is situated between raleigh and cary near rdu located right off i 40 it is divided into two sections crabtree creek and reedy creek and contains 5 579 acres 22 58 km 2 of woodlands 34 jordan lake park which is partially located in wake county near apex contains 13 940 acre 56 4 km 2 jordan lake and 46 768 acres 189 26 km 2 of woodlands this park is known for being home to bald eagles 35 county parks and recreation centers edit there are 152 county parks city parks public swimming and public tennis facilities in wake county in addition there are 53 community centers 36 notable parks include pullen park and yates mill park the american tobacco trail is a 22 mile 35 km rail trail project that is located in the research triangle park region fifteen miles of the trail is located in wake county and is open to pedestrians cyclists equestrians in non urban sections and other non motorized users the capital area greenway system has over 100 miles 160 km of paved walking and biking trails and connects to other systems operated by municipalities and neighboring counties demographics edit historical population census pop note 1790 10 192 1800 13 437 31 8 1810 17 096 27 2 1820 20 102 17 6 1830 20 398 1 5 1840 21 118 3 5 1850 24 888 17 9 1860 28 627 15 0 1870 35 617 24 4 1880 47 939 34 6 1890 49 207 2 6 1900 54 626 11 0 1910 63 229 15 7 1920 75 155 18 9 1930 94 757 26 1 1940 109 544 15 6 1950 136 450 24 6 1960 169 082 23 9 1970 228 453 35 1 1980 301 327 31 9 1990 423 380 40 5 2000 627 846 48 3 2010 900 993 43 5 2020 1 129 410 25 4 2025 est 1 257 235 37 11 3 u s decennial census 38 1790 1960 39 1900 1990 40 1990 2000 41 2010 2020 2 2020 population density of wake county nc by census block 42 2020 census edit as of the 2020 census the county had a population of 1 129 410 437 043 households and 279 243 families the median age was 36 3 years with 23 8 of residents under the age of 18 and 12 3 aged 65 or older for every 100 females there were 94 2 males and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 91 4 males age 18 and over 43 the racial makeup of the county was 58 8 white 18 5 black or african american 0 5 american indian and alaska native 8 6 asian 0 1 native hawaiian and pacific islander 6 0 from some other race and 7 6 from two or more races hispanic or latino residents of any race comprised 11 4 of the population 44 94 8 of residents lived in urban areas while 5 2 lived in rural areas 45 there were 462 582 housing units of which 5 5 were vacant among occupied housing units 61 6 were owner occupied and 38 4 were renter occupied the homeowner vacancy rate was 1 4 and the rental vacancy rate was 6 9 43 racial and ethnic composition edit wake county north carolina racial and ethnic composition note the us census treats hispanic latino as an ethnic category this table excludes latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category hispanics latinos may be of any race race ethnicity nh non hispanic pop 1980 46 pop 1990 47 pop 2000 48 pop 2010 49 pop 2020 50 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 white alone nh 230 094 321 008 439 160 560 536 645 020 76 36 75 82 69 95 62 21 57 11 black or african american alone nh 65 053 87 565 122 648 182 793 204 535 21 59 20 68 19 53 20 29 18 11 native american or alaska native alone nh 517 1 113 1 821 2 537 2 760 0 17 0 26 0 29 0 28 0 24 asian alone nh 2 315 8 076 21 183 48 287 96 665 0 77 1 91 3 37 5 36 8 56 native hawaiian or pacific islander alone nh x 51 x 52 178 317 453 x x 0 03 0 04 0 04 other race alone nh 963 222 842 1 755 6 210 0 32 0 05 0 13 0 19 0 55 mixed race or multiracial nh x 53 x 54 8 029 16 846 45 526 x x 1 28 1 87 4 03 hispanic or latino any race 2 385 5 396 33 985 87 922 128 241 0 79 1 27 5 41 9 76 11 35 total 301 327 423 380 627 846 900 993 1 129 410 100 00 100 00 100 00 100 00 100 00 2018 census estimate edit according to the 2018 census estimate 55 the median income for a household in the county was 54 988 and for a family was 67 149 males had a median income of 44 472 versus 31 579 for females the per capita income for the county was 27 004 about 4 90 of families and 7 80 of the population were below the poverty line including 8 60 of those under age 18 and 8 90 of those age 65 or over in wake county 29 of the population is affiliated with the southern baptist convention 22 are affiliated with the catholic church 17 are affiliated with the united methodist church 6 are affiliated with the presbyterian church usa and 27 are religiously affiliated with other denominations or religions or are not religiously affiliated 2025 census estimate edit according to 2025 united states census data wake county s estimated 2025 total population was 1 261 494 with a growth rate of 2 36 in the previous year 56 law and government edit further information list of sheriffs of wake county north carolina north carolina state capitol north carolina state legislative building the county is governed by the wake county board of commissioners a seven member board of county commissioners elected at large to serve four year terms 57 despite being selected by the whole county each commissioner represents a district in which they live 58 terms are staggered so that every two years three or four commissioners are up for election the commissioners enact policies such as the establishment of the property tax rate regulation of land use and zoning outside municipal jurisdictions and adoption of the annual budget commissioners meet on the first and third mondays of each month 57 county voters also elect a register of deeds who is responsible for maintaining legal records including property deeds birth certificates and marriage licenses 58 the first professional county manager was hired in 1965 9 wake county is a member of the regional central pines regional council politics edit for much of the 20th century wake county was politically dominated by conservative democrats many of them wealthy raleighites by the 1980s enough socially liberal democrat and republican professionals from the north had relocated to the county to break down this system of affairs 59 in 1994 republicans won their first majority on the county commission in over 100 years 60 in 2009 republicans won a majority on the wake county board of education their majority lasted only two years due to several controversies including a student reassignment plan and democrats retook control of the board in 2011 61 in 2008 the county swung hard to barack obama who defeated john mccain 56 to 43 percent obama became the first democrat since lyndon johnson to win a majority of the county s vote in 2012 obama won wake county again over mitt romney with 54 percent of the vote to romney s 44 percent the first time in almost half a century that a democrat carried the county in consecutive elections obama s performance in wake mirrored his strong showing along interstate 85 in 2016 democratic nominee hillary clinton won the county 57 percent to donald trump s 37 percent and in 2020 joe biden won the county with 62 percent of the vote to donald trump s 36 percent reflecting the nationwide shift towards democrats in urban and suburban areas 62 63 biden s margin was the largest for a democrat in the county since 1948 trump was the first republican in over 60 years to fail to receive at least 40 percent of the county s vote united states presidential election results for wake county north carolina 64 year republican democratic third party ies no no no 1876 4 441 50 72 4 315 49 28 0 0 00 1880 4 622 51 46 4 359 48 54 0 0 00 1884 4 291 47 45 4 750 52 52 3 0 03 1888 5 029 52 23 4 511 46 85 89 0 92 1892 1 987 22 98 3 724 43 07 2 935 33 95 1896 4 675 46 19 5 396 53 31 50 0 49 1900 3 947 45 18 4 774 54 65 15 0 17 1904 1 267 26 96 3 410 72 55 23 0 49 1908 2 961 44 30 3 713 55 55 10 0 15 1912 282 4 86 3 996 68 81 1 529 26 33 1916 2 461 34 70 4 627 65 23 5 0 07 1920 3 653 31 29 8 020 68 71 0 0 00 1924 2 975 25 14 8 376 70 77 485 4 10 1928 6 720 41 84 9 341 58 16 0 0 00 1932 2 170 12 56 14 863 86 02 246 1 42 1936 2 456 11 01 19 850 88 99 0 0 00 1940 2 665 12 84 18 083 87 16 0 0 00 1944 3 996 18 13 18 050 81 87 0 0 00 1948 4 850 19 86 17 939 73 45 1 634 6 69 1952 15 057 39 16 23 393 60 84 0 0 00 1956 15 194 40 39 22 427 59 61 0 0 00 1960 18 436 41 44 26 050 58 56 0 0 00 1964 22 542 41 59 31 653 58 41 0 0 00 1968 28 928 43 08 20 979 31 24 17 250 25 69 1972 56 808 70 32 22 807 28 23 1 174 1 45 1976 44 291 49 89 44 005 49 57 479 0 54 1980 49 768 47 31 49 003 46 58 6 422 6 10 1984 81 251 61 61 50 323 38 16 297 0 23 1988 81 613 56 87 61 352 42 75 539 0 38 1992 86 798 41 84 88 979 42 89 31 690 15 27 1996 108 780 48 18 103 574 45 88 13 401 5 94 2000 142 494 53 13 123 466 46 03 2 260 0 84 2004 177 324 50 83 169 909 48 71 1 611 0 46 2008 187 001 42 28 250 891 56 73 4 353 0 98 2012 211 596 43 50 267 262 54 94 7 569 1 56 2016 196 082 37 16 302 736 57 38 28 806 5 46 2020 226 197 35 80 393 336 62 25 12 297 1 95 2024 236 735 36 22 402 984 61 66 13 861 2 12 democrats fared well in wake county during the 2008 election in the 1998 senate race john edwards won in wake county which helped him defeat incumbent republican lauch faircloth in 2000 mike easley won the governor s race here with 55 of the vote in 2004 easley won again winning with 59 percent to 40 percent for opponent patrick ballantine democrat beverly perdue won wake county in the 2008 governor s election by a 51 to 45 percent margin in 2002 republican candidate for u s senate elizabeth dole defeated democrat erskine bowles with 55 of the vote in wake county and won by a large margin statewide however in 2004 bowles won the county with 52 percent despite losing statewide to richard burr by the same margin in 2008 kay hagan defeated dole 56 to 40 percent democratic strength is concentrated primarily in raleigh and the towns of cary apex and morrisville republican strength is concentrated in the rural and exurban areas in the northern and southeastern parts of the county the towns of wake forest and fuquay varina are mostly home to swing voters 65 economy edit wake county s economy is heavily influenced by the research triangle park rtp located between durham and raleigh rtp is the country s largest industrial park and a primary center in the united states for high tech and biotech research as well as textile development the park is home to more than 160 companies employing over 50 000 people 66 the largest employers in the park include ibm 11 000 employees glaxosmithkline 6 400 emplo...